Partner since:
Total grant support: US$346,506,711
GPE 2025 grant eligibility:
Partnership compact
Priority: Ensure accessible, equitable and inclusive foundational learning.
Coordinating agency: Commonwealth and Development Office
Engagement lead: Lucinda Ramos
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, has an estimated 14.8 million school-age children not attending school. The northern regions are most affected, with more girls out of school than boys.
For children in school, nearly two-thirds struggle to read age-appropriate texts. To unlock large-scale and sustainable change, Nigeria is prioritizing accessible, equitable and inclusive foundational learning.
Nigeria's Partnership Compact aligns with the Federal Ministry of Education's Roadmap for the Nigerian Education Sector 2024-2027 and marks the commitment of the government, GPE and other partners to work together to drastically reduce the number of out-of-school children, improve teaching and learning especially at the foundational level, and strengthen basic education delivery.
Nigeria will increase access to inclusive learning environments by constructing classrooms and water and sanitation facilities with consideration for safety, gender and special needs, and by improving access to accelerated basic education programs for out-of-school children.
To boost the quality of learning, teachers will be trained to deliver foundational literacy and numeracy programs. Parent and community awareness programs are expected to build accountability and support for education.
Reforms to enhance education delivery target equitable distribution and better management of teachers; improved sector coordination and financing; and strengthening the production and use of data.
Activities supported by GPE's latest grants will be implemented at the federal level and in six states: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Kebbi, Kwara and Lagos.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
(data as of November 11, 2026)
Type: System transformation
Years: 2026 - 2030
Allocation: US$53,800,000
Utilization: US$141,131
Grant agent: World Bank
Improve foundational learning outcomes, increase access to basic education and enhance education systems in participating States.
Type: System capacity
Years: 2026 - 2027
Allocation: US$1,700,000
Utilization: US$179,853
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: System capacity
Years: 2025 - 2027
Allocation: US$3,000,000
Utilization: US$702,079
Grant agent: World Bank
Type: Multiplier
Years: 2024 - 2028
Allocation: US$15,450,000
Utilization: US$5,280,423
Grant agent: IsDB
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting the Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) for the 2024-2026 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
